Burial-casket



(No Model.)

J. JAIXEN 8v E. HARRY.

BURIAL GASKET.

No. 593,176. PatentedwNov. Y2, 1897..

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UNITED STATES PATENT Erice..

JOSEPH JAIXEN AND EDWARD HARRY, OF BUFFALO, NEW' YORK.

BURIAL-GASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,176, dated November 2, 1897. Application iiled January 6, 1897. Serial No. 618,119. (No model.)

To a/ZZ wiz/071e it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH J AIXEN and EDWARD HARRY, citizens of the United States, residing at Budalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Burial- Gaskets, of which the following is a speciiication.

The object of this invention is to provide a burial-casket with an ornamental canopy which is applied to the under side of the cover or lid and which can be arranged in a forwardly-projecting position on the underside of the cover when the latter has been placed in an uprightposition.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a burial-casket provided with our improved canopy. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the casket, showing the lid placed in an upright position and the canopy projecting forwardly on the under side thereof, the draperies being omitted. Fig. 3 is a smilar section showing the casket closed. Fig. 4. is a fragmentary section, on an enlarged scale, of the means for bracing the canopy in a horizontal position.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the open casket on a reduced scale.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

The body of the casket may be of any suitable construction-for instance, that shown in the drawings, which consists of a bottom A, two transverse walls a a, a rear longitudinal wall a', and a front longitudinal wall a2, provided with a panel as, which is pivoted at its lower end by hinges a4 to the lower portion B represents the cover or lid of the casket, which is pivoted with its rear longitudinal side by hinges l) to the upper edge of the rear longitudinal wall of the body, so that the cover swings transversely in a vertical plane. This cover is raised, so as to form on The canopy is arranged to fold into the cavity in the under side of the cover when the latter is closed down. In order to enable the canopy .to extend over a greater portion of the body of the casket and still permit the canopy to be folded into the cavity of the cover, the canopy is made of two sections d d', the outer section d of which is made transversely movable with reference to the inner section d, so that the canopy can be extended for use or contracted for closing the cover. The inner canopy-section d is attached at its longitudinal rear edge by hinges d2 to the under side of the cover near the outer edge of the latter. These hinges may be constructed so as to permanently secure the canopy to the cover or so that the canopy may be readily attached to or detached from the cover. The outer canopy-section cl is movably connected with the inner section by means of two transverse arms d3 da, each of which is connected at one end with one of the canopy-sections and slides with its other. end in a way d4, which is secured to the other canopy-section. The combined width of the two canopy-sections is such that when the outer section is moved against the inner section the canopy can be folded into the recess in the under side of the cover and not project downwardly into the body of the casket when the cover is closed, as represented in Fig. 3. The canopy is confined in the cavity of the cover by any suitable means, preferably by a catch. or turnbutton @,secured to the front canopy-section and adapted to engage with a shoulder or ledge e' on the lower or rear portion of the cover. The canopy-sectionsv are preferably made extensible to such an extent so that when the sections are fully separated the front edge of the front canopy-section will be in line, or nearly so, with the front side of the casket-body, as represented in Fig. 2.

The canopy is held in its unfolded or pro` jecting position by two inclined braces F, each of which is pivoted with its upper end IOO to the under side of the rear canopy-section and engaged With its lower end with a shoulder or screw-eye f, secured to the adjacent portion of the cover, said eye serving as a socket for receiving the lower end of the brace. When the cover is closed down, the cover-braces and the canopy-braces are ar ranged between the canopy and cover ont of the Way, as represented in Fig. 3. When the casket is finished, the sliding connection beF tween the canopy-sections and other unsightly parts are covered by the ornamental-cloth trimming G, which is applied to the top of the canopy and which is sufficiently loose to permit of moving the outer canopy-section freely toward' and from the other section. The canopy and cover braces are also cov,- ered by loose draperies g, which extend from the ends of the canopy down to the ends of the casket-body.

A canopy of this construction can be readily applied to any casket in which the cover is hinged along its longitudinal side and permits of the use of a cover Whichis practically intact or solid.

a cover hinged to the same, of a movable canopy arranged on the under side of the cover and adapted to project forwardly over the body when the cover has been placed in an upright position, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination With a casket-body and its cover, of a canopy movably connected with said cover and composed of sections which can be separated for extending the canopy, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a casket-body and its cover, of a canopy composed of a section which is hinged to the cover and a sect-ion which has a sliding connection with the hinged section, substantially as set forth.

Vitness our hands this 24th day of December, 1896.

JOSEPH JAXEN. EDWARD HARRY.

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